Is Khān Yūnis safe? Gaza Strip travel risk
Is Khān Yūnis safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Khān Yūnis scores 60/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Khān Yūnis scores 60/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Gaza Strip (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Khān Yūnis: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (86/100) and crime and scams (35/100).
A score of 60 is higher than 83% of the cities we score.
Consult the Gaza Strip travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 31.3402° N, 34.3063° E in Gaza Strip. The settlement is located within Gaza Strip.
Gaza Strip
31.3402° N, 34.3063° E
Lowland
UTC
205,125
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Gaza Strip)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Khān Yūnis happened in November (3 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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